矛盾的是人們都想長壽，但沒有人想變老。“It’s paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn’t appeal to anyone.”

“It’s paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn’t appeal to anyone.”
– Andy Rooney, Broadcaster

「矛盾的是人們都想長壽，但沒有人想變老。」– 安迪·魯尼 (媒體人)
paradoxical (adj.) 互相矛盾的。paradox (n.)。例：The paradox is that he doesn’t know what to do with the free time that he requested. (矛盾的是他不知道怎麼運用他所要求的個人時間。) appeal (v.) 吸引。例：The idea of having many sources of income appeals to me. (擁有多個收入管道的概念吸引著我。)
安迪·魯尼 (1919-2011) 是美國資深媒體人，以主持「60分鐘時事雜誌」節目 (60 Minutes) 尾段的「安迪·魯尼有話說」環節聞名，內容上至國家時政，下至生活細節，言辭幽默而又一針見血而享負盛名，共獲頒 3 個艾美獎。